About us
A bit of background
Altitude was founded in 2007. A team of six people make up the company, and between us, we offer nearly 70 years IT experience. Here's a little bit more about the people behind the processes.
Robin Smallwood – CEO
Robin's been in IT for 20 years. After studying Computer Science and Business Studies at the University of Buckingham he joined WS Atkins in 1990 as an IT consultant.
During his career he's been a consultant for many blue-chip companies, including Going Places, Lastminute.com, STA Travel and Avis. He has also worked for Rapid Travel Solutions.
Ryan Dïssel – Systems Architect and Development Manager
Ryan's been working as a software developer since 1998. He's worked in various programming languages such as ADO, Delphi, ActiveX and Java, and now focuses primarily on .Net.
Prior to joining Altitude, Ryan worked for Rapid Travel Solutions, Webb Technologies and the BBC. He now drives the development strategy for Altitude and focuses on the technical architecture of our website management tool, ContentFlow.
Jacqueline Fouché - Information Architect and Web Project Manager
Jacqueline read a degree in Multimedia where she studied Human Computer Interaction, usability engineering, programming and design.
Jacqueline has worked as a project manager and information architect on recruitment, online dating, e-commerce and content managed websites.
In 2005 she joined TMW as a Project Manager where clients included L'Oreal, Flora, Vaseline, Birds Eye, PayPal and Lloyds TSB. She joined Altitude in 2007.
Antony Makepeace – Client Support Manager
Antony has been in hardware and software development and support since the early 1980s.
In 1999 he set up his own IT company, Sysology Ltd, with Robin. He then went on to form Altitude in 2007.
David Naylor – Development Team Leader
David has been working in IT since 2001. After completing his BSc in Information Technology, he was selected for the IT Coachlab leadership programme.
He has experience in a broad range of markets, including banking, communications and content management systems. In 2006 David completed a Masters in Computer Science at the University of Essex before joining Altitude Business Systems in 2007.
Steve Mountfield - Non-executive Director
Steve graduated from Kingston Business School in 1991 with a degree in Business Information Technology. He started his career consulting for the public sector and investment bankers, before joining Rapid Travel Solutions as COO managing the operational growth of the business until its acquisition by Telewest PLC in 2001.
Alongside his Non-executive Director role at Altitude - providing support for the direction and operational growth of the business - Steve is also currently the COO of CliniSys and the Non-executive Chairman of Clicktools Ltd.
David Gwynne-Evans – Non-executive Finance Director
David trained with Coopers & Lybrand qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1993.
He left practice in 1995 to become Finance Director of The Jim Henson Company. After seven years David set up his own accountancy practice providing financial and tax advice to SMEs in the South East.